75 passages · Salvation
The widow's son dies, and Elijah prays over him until his life returns. The woman says she now knows Elijah is a man of God.
Gehazi's staff produces no response, so Elisha goes in, prays, and stretches himself over the boy, who warms and then sneezes and opens his eyes. Elisha returns the living son to his mother.
After Elisha dies, a dead man thrown into his tomb revives on touching his bones. God is gracious to Israel because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and Jehoash defeats Ben-hadad three times.
Job compares a felled tree, which can sprout again, with a person who dies and does not rise. Death is like water disappearing from a dried river.
Job wishes his words were carved in stone forever and states his confidence that his Redeemer lives and that he will see God for himself. He warns his friends to fear judgment.
In distress the people cried out to God and were like a woman giving birth to wind, achieving no rescue. Yet God promises that His dead will live and their bodies will rise, so those in the dust can awake and sing.
It was the LORD's will to crush him and make his life a guilt offering, yet he will see offspring, prolong his days and justify many. God says he will give him a portion with the great because he poured out his life and bore the sin of many.
Ezekiel is brought by the Spirit to a valley of dry bones and told to prophesy to them. The bones come together, gain flesh and receive breath, and God says they represent Israel, whom he will bring out of their graves.
Michael will arise in a time of unparalleled distress, and those whose names are written in the book will be delivered. Many who sleep in the dust will awake, some to everlasting life and some to shame, and the wise will shine. Daniel is told to seal the book.
Daniel hears but does not understand and asks what the outcome will be. He is told the words are sealed until the end, the wicked will not understand while the wise will, and he will rest and rise to his inheritance.
A synagogue leader asks Jesus to come and raise his daughter who has just died. On the way, a woman with twelve years of bleeding touches his cloak and is healed, and then Jesus takes the girl's hand and she gets up.
Scribes and Pharisees ask Jesus for a sign, and he says only the sign of Jonah will be given, three days in the earth. He says Nineveh and the Queen of the South will condemn this generation, and adds a story of an empty house refilled with worse spirits.
Jesus tells the three to keep the vision secret until he is raised from the dead. He answers their question about Elijah by saying Elijah has already come and was mistreated, and they understand he means John the Baptist.
Jesus tells the disciples again that the Son of Man will be handed over to people and killed, and will be raised on the third day. The disciples are deeply grieved.
Taking the Twelve aside, Jesus says that in Jerusalem the Son of Man will be handed over, condemned, mocked, flogged and crucified by the Gentiles, and raised on the third day.
The Sadducees, who deny resurrection, pose a puzzle about a woman married to seven brothers in turn. Jesus replies that they do not know the Scriptures or God's power, that people in the resurrection are like angels, and that God is God of the living.
At dawn on Sunday, an angel rolls back the stone and tells the women Jesus has risen and to tell the disciples to meet him in Galilee. Leaving in fear and joy, they meet Jesus, worship him, and he repeats the message.
Some guards tell the chief priests what happened. The priests and elders pay them to say the disciples stole the body and promise to protect them, and the story spreads among the Jews.
Messengers say Jairus' daughter has died, but Jesus tells him to believe. Inside the house he takes the girl by the hand and she gets up and walks. He gives strict orders to tell no one.
On the way down, Jesus tells the three to keep this secret until he rises from the dead. They ask about Elijah coming first, and he says Elijah has come and that the Son of Man must suffer.
Sadducees, who deny the resurrection, pose a puzzle about a woman who married seven brothers. Jesus answers that those raised are like angels and that God is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, of the living.
After the Sabbath, three women go to the tomb with spices and find the huge stone already rolled away. A young man in white tells them Jesus has risen and that his disciples should meet him in Galilee, but they flee in fear and say nothing.
Jesus appears first to Mary Magdalene, then to two travelers, and the other disciples do not believe their reports. Finally he appears to the Eleven at a meal and rebukes their unbelief.
Word comes that Jairus' daughter has died, and Jesus tells him to believe. He takes her by the hand and calls her to get up, and she rises.
Jesus takes the Twelve aside and says that in Jerusalem the Son of Man will be handed over, mocked, killed, and rise on the third day. The disciples do not understand.
Sadducees, who deny resurrection, pose a puzzle about a woman who married seven brothers. Jesus answers that those in the age to come do not marry, and that Moses calls God the God of the living.
On the first day of the week, the women find the stone rolled away and the body gone. Two men in radiant clothes tell them Jesus has risen; the apostles think their story is nonsense, though Peter runs to see for himself.
Two followers walk from Jerusalem to Emmaus, sad about Jesus' death, when Jesus joins them unrecognized. They tell him what happened, including the empty tomb reports they cannot yet believe.
Jesus explains from Moses and the Prophets that the Christ had to suffer and enter glory. At the meal in Emmaus he breaks bread and they recognize him, then rush back to Jerusalem to tell the others.
Jesus stands among the disciples, who fear he is a spirit. He shows his hands and feet, eats fish, opens their minds to the Scriptures, tells them to preach repentance to all nations, and to wait for power from on high.